Description
'No city, no town, no community of more than one thousand people or two hundred buildings to the square mile, shall be built or permitted to exist anywhere in the United States of America.'
Thirtieth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Two generations after the nuclear holocaust, rumours persisted about a secret desert hideaway where scientists worked with dangerous machines and where men plotted to revive the cities.
Almost a continent away, Len Coulter heard whisperings that fired his imagination. Then one day he found a strange wooden box ...
A stunning novel of a post-nuclear world by one of SF's early greats. Introduction by Pat Cadigan.
About the Author
Leigh Brackett was an accomplished and prolific writer of fantasy and SF, as well as a Hollywood screen writer. She worked on scripts for films such as THE BIG SLEEP, THE LONG GOODBYE and RIO BRAVO, and received a posthumous HUGO AWARD for the script for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
Book Information
ISBN 9780575131569
Author Leigh Brackett
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Gateway
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Series S.F. Masterworks
Weight(grams) 225g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 20mm
